Brazilian National Standards Organization

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Brazilian National Standards Organization
AbbreviationABNT
Formation28 September 1940; 83 years ago (1940-09-28)
PurposeNational standards
HeadquartersRio de Janeiro and São Paulo
Region served
Brazil
Official language
Portuguese
General director
Ricardo R. Fragoso
AffiliationsISO
Websitewww.abnt.org.br

The Brazilian Association of Technical Standards, usually rendered in Portuguese as Associação Brasileira de Normas Técnicas (ABNT) is a private non-profit organization and the normative body which is responsible for technical standards in Brazil, and intends to promote technological development in the country. Brazilian national standards published by the association are named Norma Brasileira Regulamentadora and abbreviated NBR.[1]

The ABNT was founded on 28 September 1940.[2][1] It was officially adopted by the Brazilian government in 1962.[3][1]

It is a founding member of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), the Panamerican Standards Commission (COPANT) and the Asociación Mercosur de Normalización (AMN).

The ABNT is the exclusive representative of Brazil in the international organizations ISO and IEC and in the regional entities COPANT and AMN.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d "ABNT". ISO. Retrieved 2020-12-14.
  2. ^ "ABNT - Conheça a ABNT" [ABNT - Meet the ABNT] (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2015-11-16.
  3. ^ ""L4150"" [Law No. 4.150 Of 1962-11-26] (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2017-04-16.

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